Paragraph 2
(1)
A person is disqualified from being appointed as the Ombudsman if the person is a member of—
(a)
a district council,
(b)
the Assembly,
(c)
the House of Commons,
(d)
the House of Lords, or
(e)
the European Parliament.
(2)
Where a person who is the Ombudsman—
(a)
is nominated as a candidate for election to a body listed in sub-paragraph (1), or
(b)
becomes a member of a body listed in sub-paragraph (1),
that person ceases immediately to be the Ombudsman.